Stair-carpet holder.



1 H'. C'ASLER.

STAIR CARPET HOLDER.

1221101111011 nun 0017.211, 1911.

1,103,261 Patented July 14, 1914.

INVENTOR WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS THE NORII! PITIRJ 00.. PI- |010-LI1NO., WASHING m". D- C.

HERMAN CASLER, OF CANASTOTA, NEW YORK.

STAIR-CABPE'I HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July f4, 1914.

Application filed October 28, 1911. Serial No. 657,369.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN CASLER, of Ganastota, in the county of Madison and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful StainCarpet Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the production of a particularly simple and efficient means for holding stair carpets in position; and it consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a fragmentary view of a flight of stairs provided with one form of my stair carpet holder. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of another form thereof.

This stair carpet holder comprises, gen

erally attaching means adapted to be con nected to the step in the angle formed by the tread of one step and the riser of the next step, and means carried by the attaching means and extending part way over the carpet and engaging the angle of the carpet in the first-mentioned angle. As here shown, the carpet holder comprises a base plate adapted to be attached to the step, and car pet engaging means carried by the base plate.

1 is the base plate, the same being usually stamped from sheet metal and having a sharpened prong 2 struck therefrom for engaging the carpet and preventing slipping thereof. The base plate is also formed with suitable openings a for receiving fastening members aS screws extending into the tread 5 of one step or the riser 6 of the next step, the base plate being preferably secured to the tread 5.

7 is the carpet engaging means, such means being secured to the attaching means or base plate, as hereinafter described and having a part rising from the base plate and an arm rigid with said part and extend ing part way over the carpet parallel to the line of meeting of the tread and riser, said arm normally engaging the outer face of the portion of the carpet in the angle formed by the tread and riser. This arm thus has an gularly disposed surfaces for engaging similarly disposed surfaces of the carpet.

As here shown the member 7 consists of an elongated substantially U-shape piece,

one arm 8 of which is connected by the attaching means to the step, and usually the base plate is formed with a cylindrically folded portion 9 which is bent around said arm 8 of the U-shape member forming a bearing therefor, the bearing and arm extending substantially parallel to the line of meeting of the tread and the riser and the arm being movable aboutthe axis of the hearing. The base plate, may if desired, be omitted and the means 7 secured directly to the step as by staples or other means. The other arm of the U-shape piece engages the outer face of the carpet, and the bail portion which rises upwardly from the outer edge of the base plate extends across the edge of the carpet. Usually the arm 8 of the U-shape piece secured to the base is longer than the other arm which hooks over the carpet and is movable laterally for carrying the end of the shorter arm beyond the edge of the carpet in order that the carpet may be placed in position without wrinkling the carpet, and is then movable to its normal position carrying the shorter arm of the U-shape piece over the margin of the carpet. Preferably the longer arm 8 of the U-shaped piece is detachably secured to the base plate 1 and said piece is removable from the base plate by an outward sliding movement of the U-shaped piece, and the shorter arm of said U-shaped piece is formed with a head or enlargement 10 for pressing or indenting into the carpet and holding the U-shaped piece from lateral shifting when said U- shaped piece is placed in operative relation to the carpet. The head alSO tends to clamp the carpet between the arms of the U-shaped piece and to thus hold the carpet from slipping. However, as seen in Fig. 3, the member 7 for hooking over the carpet may be fixed as at 11 to the base plate or non-movable laterally, and the carpet placed in position by wrinkling the same until the edge thereof can be inserted between the arms of the U-shape piece 7.

In use a stair carpet holder is secured to each step near each edge of the carpet and in operation the carpet is first laid on the stairs and the U-shape parts slid into position.

What I claim is 1. A stair carpet holder comprising a base plate and a member carried by the base plate and designed to extend around the edge of the carpet, said member including a le ex tending parallel to the base plate and aving an enlargement at its free end forming a contracted inlet to the space between said leg and the base, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A stair carpet holder comprising a sheet metal base plate having one edge overturned to form a tubular guide and its remaining portion fiat and provided with means for the attachment thereof to a step or riser, and a U-shaped member having one legretained in said tubular portion and its other leg extending-in a direction parallel to the first-named leg, and located, when in operative position, in a plane perpendicular to the face of the plate and intersecting the same between the side edges thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A stair carpet holder comprising at taching means adapted to be secured to a step in the angle formed by the treadof one step and the riser of the next step, and a substantially U-shape member having one arm hinged to the attaching meansand the other arm extending part way over the carpet and engaging the angle of the carpet in the first-mentioned angle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A stair carpet holder comprisingattaching means adapted to be secured to a step in the angle formed by the tread of I one step and the riser of the next step, and a substantially U-shape member having one arm hinged to the attaching means and movable about an axis substantially parallel to the meeting line of the riser and tread and its other arm rigidly connected to the first-mentioned arm and extending part way over the carpet and engaging the angle of the carpet in the first-mentioned angle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A stair carpet holder comprising a base plate adapted to be secured under the carpet to a step, in the angle formed by the tread of one step and thelriser of the next step, the base plate being formed with a bearing having its axis extending substantially parallel to the line of meeting of the tread and riser, and a substantially U-shape member having arms of unequal length, the longer arm being journaled in the bearing and also slidable laterally therein, the shorter arm extending part way over the carpet and engaging the angle of the carpet in the first-mentioned angle and the bail portion of the member extending around the edge of the carpet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth; 1

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 19th day of October 1911.

HERMAN CASLER. Witnesses:

S. DAVIS,

Y. B. SMITH.

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